# Post Office Act 1908, Section 25: Liability of bankers in respect of postal orders


Any banker or corporation or company acting as bankers in the British Islands who, in collecting in that capacity for any principal, shall have received payment or been allowed by the Postmaster-General in account in respect of any postal order, or of any document purporting to be a postal order, shall not incur liability to anyone except that principal by reason of having received the payment or allowance, or having held or presented the order or document for payment; but this section shall not relieve any principal for whom any such order or document has been so held or presented of any liability in respect of his possession of the order or document or of the proceeds thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/48/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1908/section-25
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